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Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.
Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.
All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD.
And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda,
Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.
For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
